• stoneparchment@possumpat.io
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      8 months ago

      "if you can’t afford to leave, or you or your family have medical needs and can’t relocate, or if all your friends and family and social spheres are here, or if your job is context dependent, or if you’re undocumented, or if your spouse or family disagrees with your desire to move, or if you’re enrolled in in-state college, or if you’re elderly and have lived here your whole life, or if you have a farm, or if your ancestral home is nearby, or if you’re homeless, or if you have a strong sense of duty to your community, or if you’re a military service member, or if you’re a kid…

      …that’s on you!"

      edit: also, many marginalized people know and will tell you-- there isn’t a place on this earth for people like us with 100% safety from violence

    • Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Just leave, and go where? There aren’t any places that are free from bigotry, just different levels.